Comments on: Hyundai Unveils “Genesis Coupe”

By: day4night

day4night — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 04:59:53 +0000

OK OK, I apologize to WJK; I came off way too harshly. I was typing too fast (as Brendon notes in his blog, “speed kills”), and was in part plagiarizing this poem — at least the coward bit. It’s a kind of racist poem itself. Anyway I knew WJK was a gyopo, but the tamer message I had in mind (like, “you’re just as American as anyone else, dude”) came out all nasty-like. So sorry about that, WJK.

By: dogbertt

dogbertt — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 02:28:02 +0000

BTW, when I was in high school, my family owned to Hyundai Excels — a red one and a cream-colored one.

What was the trade-in on your Yugo?

By: Robert Koehler

Robert Koehler — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 01:27:12 +0000

Somebody should also tell him wjk is a gyopo.

BTW, when I was in high school, my family owned to Hyundai Excels — a red one and a cream-colored one.

By: Brendon Carr (Korea Law Blog)

Brendon Carr (Korea Law Blog) — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 01:01:03 +0000

day4night, get off it. You’re not a real American. Admit it — you even speak French.

By: day4night

day4night — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 23:07:26 +0000

Yes, Lucky Goldstar can’t work as a name, and Cuckoo can’t expect much traction either. Sound fine in Korean, not English… Westerners make the same mistakes, like the Chevy Nova in Latin America.

I’d say that Samsung is currently a high or mid/high-end brand in Americans’ minds today and can compete with just about any other brand. LG isn’t so far behind.

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WJK #36: “that’s usually the line I hear from real Americans, not gyopos.”

Gyopos ARE real Americans! I’m first-generation American too, from European parents, so am I not a “real” American? You’re a gyopo, right?

Gyopos are as American as any other Americans. Say it again. Don’t be a freaking racist! Racism is for cowards and morons, so please stop being one.

By: Keyser Soze

Keyser Soze — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:02:38 +0000

Quick, Boy Wonder, to the Batmobile!….

By: Arghaeri

Arghaeri — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 08:38:08 +0000

Sorry Wangkong, should’ve read further before effectively duplicating your comments at #38….

By: Arghaeri

Arghaeri — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 08:35:59 +0000

“I would limit the Japanese brand loyalty of gyopos with just cars. How many Japanese refrigerators and washing machines are there out there?”

Not many maybe, but then I’ve never seen either a Japanese or Korean refereigerator or washing machine in UK for a gyopo to buy, and I don’t recall many koreans I met in the UK who didn’t either have or want to have a Sony TV, DVD, HiFi, Playstation, Cellphone, etc

By: Arghaeri

Arghaeri — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 08:30:13 +0000

“any college educated person knows where LG came from.”

I’ve met many “college” educated persons who don’t know where korea is, let alone what comes from Korea.

By: SomeguyinKorea

SomeguyinKorea — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 07:53:22 +0000

“Even LG had the good sense to change their name, though. Do we really think that LG would be as successful as it is if they were still rocking the GoldStar label?”

LOL. Remember those Goldstar home stereos from the mid to late 80’s? They were basically a small radio-cassette player in a very large plastic box. The speakers were huge but couldn’t have weighed much more than 2 pound each.